Ferst Capital Partners – FCP

Investor - Venture Capital

Overview

A Quebec based firm provides early stage venture capital and support to Canadian founders building disruptive FinTech companies.

Country: Canada

Founded: 2012

Headquarters: Montréal, Quebec

Investment Strategy

Geography

  • North America

Sector Focus

  • Marketplace Lending

Investment Stage

  • Seed

Summary

Ferst Capital Partners is an investment firm on the forefront of change. As investors, we provide strategic capital and support to FinTech startups. As a startup foundry, we provide a home for Canada’s next generation of exceptional company builders. We focus on how Canadians spend, save, borrow, insure and invest their hard-earned money because we believe these things are important.

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Investments

Date

Name

Size

Round

Co-Investors

Sector

Country

December 2015

Lendful Financial

Undisclosed

Seed

Alterna Bank

Marketplace Lending

Canada

May 2015

Koho

$1M

Seed

Hedgewood, Stanley Park Ventures, Joe Canavan

Infrastructure & enterprise Tech

Canada

Key Employees

Dominique Ferst
Managing Partner

Jay Ferst
Managing Partner

Jori Lacroix
Chief Technology Officer

Jonathan Shaanan
Chief Financial Officer